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A young messenger holding a letter inscribed 'a Monsieur de Rothschild A Paris', facing left in fur-bordered blue coat with the gold badge of the diplomatic mail inscribed 'courier du consula[t] d au[triche]' around the Austrian Double-Eagle, gold bordered orange waistcoat and tied black cravat
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L. GILBERT, 1833
A young messenger holding a letter inscribed 'a Monsieur de Rothschild A Paris', facing left in fur-bordered blue coat with the gold badge of the diplomatic mail inscribed 'courier du consula[t] d au[triche]' around the Austrian Double-Eagle, gold bordered orange waistcoat and tied black cravat
signed and dated 'L Gilbert 1833.' (upper right)
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount within rectangular wood frame with gilt-metal pierced and foliate spandrels
A young messenger holding a letter inscribed 'a Monsieur de Rothschild A Paris', facing left in fur-bordered blue coat with the gold badge of the diplomatic mail inscribed 'courier du consula[t] d au[triche]' around the Austrian Double-Eagle, gold bordered orange waistcoat and tied black cravat
signed and dated 'L Gilbert 1833.' (upper right)
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount within rectangular wood frame with gilt-metal pierced and foliate spandrels
Sale room notice
This miniature is dated 1833 and not 1803 as stated in the sale catalogue.